ROUND TWO, MATCH ONE

Westfall starts second round with upset win over Huntington

After going through a mess of a first round that saw Westfall lose two-year starter Haylie Joyce for most of the year, that saw Westfall lose Olivia Cobb for a few weeks (Cobb did not play tonight as well, but should be back late next week), and that saw Westfall drop three, five-set matches including the first match of the year at Huntington, Westfall recorded a big, four-set win over visiting Huntington Thursday night. The first two sets were tight; however, Westfall was able to play out in front. In game one, Westfall was up 23-18 when Huntington made a late charge, but the Mustangs held on for the 25-23 win. Game two was played much of the same way with Westfall winning 25-22, but in game three, the match started to swing. Huntington jumped out early to a 12-6 lead and never looked back as the green and white rolled to a 25-17 win, and the match started to look as if the Mustangs were heading to another five-set marathon. Westfall responded with a great fourth set. Again, the Mustangs played out in front, and despite Huntington holding off three match points, Westfall finally finished the deal with a 25-22 win. "I am extremely proud of the way the girls have continued to play hard through all the adversity," said Westfall head coach Lori Merriman. "I thought our setters (Lindsay Henson and Caitlin Pendall) did a great job finding hitters," she continued. "We have a lot of young kids who have been forced into some new spots, and to the credit of all the girls they found a way to win tonight. Hopefully this will be a huge confidence builder for the second half of the season." Olivia Beavers, just a sophomore, is an example of a young player taking on a bigger role. Beavers plays all-the-way-around and is asked to do a little of everything for Coach Merriman, and Sara Link is a young passer who has stepped in and did a nice job tonight in just her second varsity match. Sophomore Alex Phillips had a big night in the win and teammate Makenzie Wippel produced her best match of the year. Carlie Burke also had a strong night on the defensive side of things. For stats of this game, click here to check out our McDonald's i'm lovin' it Volleyball Scoreboard on our Volleyball Main Page.

Southeastern wins in straight sets

Piketon had a chance to steal game one from Southeastern Thursday night as the Lady Redstreaks owned a lead at 21-17, but SE scored the final eight points of the opening game to win it 25-21. That run set the tone for the rest of the match as the blue and white rolled to a 25-19 game two win and a win in game three by the score of 25-17. It was a very balanced Panther attack in the win. For stats of this game, visit our McDonald's i'm lovin' it Volleyball Scoreboard on our Volleyball Main Page.

Unioto rolls in straight sets Davis leads balanced Unioto attack in the win

Senior setter Kenly Stidham dished out 32 assists Thursday night, half of which resulted in a kill for Madison Davis. Davis also recorded five aces. This led a balanced Unioto attack that produced 20 team aces and 37 team kills in a straight set win over Paint Valley. The win improves Unioto to 6-2 in the league and with ZT and Huntington losing, the Shermans are all alone in second place.

Streak reaches 64 with straight set win over Zane Trace Big nights for Yates, Halcomb, and Bielanow lead the way for the Warriors

Thursday night saw Adena's SVC best ever streak reach 64 straight with a straight set win over the Lady Pioneers of Zane Trace. The Adena defense was able to contain Zane Trace's Jess Roepke while Kirsti Yates, Hannah Halcomb, and Kelsey Bielanow all had big nights to lift the Warriors to the win. For scores and stats of this match and the other three SVC matches, visit our McDonald's i'm lovin' it SVC Volleyball Scoreboard.

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